TY  - BOOK
AU  - Larson,Erik
TI  - The splendid and the vile: a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz 
SN  - 9780008274979 
U1  - 940.542121 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - William Collins
KW  - Churchill, Winston,
KW  - Prime ministers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Biography
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In this book, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill rose up during Britain's darkest year to teach the nation the art of being fearless. It is the story of political brinksmanship in the global arena, but also an intimate domestic drama. Larson follows Churchill through the streets and meeting rooms of London, then out of the city to Chequers or Ditchley - the strongholds when the moon was brightest and the bombing threat most intense. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, including recently declassified files, intelligence reports, and personal diaries only now available, Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year, and a compelling personal insight into the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their daughters, Sarah, Diana, and the youngest, Mary, who chafed against her parents' wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; her illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the cadre of close advisors who comprised Churchill's 'Secret Circle', including his dangerously observant private secretary, John Colville; newspaper baron Lord Beaverbrook; and the Rasputin-like Federick Lindemann
ER  -